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Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District Item 7c Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District General Manager’s Report October/November 2017 5401 Old Redwood Highway, Suite 200 Petaluma, CA 94954 Tel: (707) 794-3330Fax: (707) 794-3037 www.SonomaMarinTrain.org Item 7c CONSTRUCTION PATHWAY: . Construction on the pathway from Sonoma Mountain Village to the Cotati Station is complete. Retaining wall construction is underway, at the pathway, from Rush Creek Place to the San Marin Station. Crews have finished paving the pathway from North San Pedro to Civic Center station. The pedestrian pathway bridge north of North San Pedro has been installed. Completed pathway south of the Cotati Station. Page | 2 of 34 Item 7c Crews construct the retaining wall north of Rush Creek Place (Novato) that will support the pathway. Pedestrian pathway bridge south of the Civic Center Station has been installed. Page | 3 of 34 Item 7c The pathway north of North San Pedro (San Rafael) before crews finished paving. LARKSPUR EXTENSION: . Design is continuing to advance for the Larkspur Extension Project. Concrete and sheet pile driving is complete in preparation for the construction of the Unnamed Channel Bridge. Existing bridge removal and channel cleanup at Unnamed Channel is complete. Concrete and sheet pile driving is complete in preparation for the construction of the San Rafael Creek Bridge. Existing bridge removal and channel cleanup at the San Rafael Creek Bridge is complete. Crews are finishing work on the retaining walls south of Rice Drive and along Francisco Boulevard West. Page | 4 of 34 Item 7c Completed sheet pile installation at the north end of San Rafael Creek Bridge Concrete and sheet piles installed at Unnamed Channel Bridge Page | 5 of 34 Item 7c Workers survey placement of the concrete bridge piles at San Rafael Creek Bridge Page | 6 of 34 Item 7c Crews begin pile driving the concrete piles at the San Rafael Creek Bridge Page | 7 of 34 Item 7c OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE OF WAY: . Recovery efforts to restore service following wildfires in north Santa Rosa included track and signal inspections, generator purchase, rental, and installations. Attended Santa Rosa Junior College technical forum meeting. Met with representatives from Santa Rosa Junior College, College of Marin, and Regional Junior College staff to discuss curriculum for railroad technical training. Completed 4 technical skill training sessions for the Track team and 3 technical skill training sessions for the Signal team. TRANSPORTATION: . Free public rides where offer during the North Bay County Fires (October 9-15). SMART Operations Department employees are recertifying CPR/First Aid Training. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE: . Performed quarterly inspections on the Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs). Production continues on the four option cars at the Toyokawa plant. The work is on schedule to begin assembly in December. Inspector has been to the plant twice to check welds, certifications and quality records. Page | 8 of 34 Item 7c SYSTEMS OPTION VEHICLES: In April of 2016, four option cars were added to the contract for Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs). The DMUs are on schedule to be delivered in November of 2018. All parts deliveries are reported to be on schedule, and most of the items are already at the plant in Toyokawa where manufacturing and assembling will take place. The work is on schedule to begin assembly in December 2017. Inspector has been to the plant twice to check welds, certifications and quality records. Underframe Car No.115 identification tag Page | 9 of 34 Item 7c Car No.115 bottom of underframe Page | 10 of 34 Item 7c Car No. 115 bolster, connecting the body to the truck, at bottom of underframe. Page | 11 of 34 Item 7c Car No.116 underframe Car No.116 underframe dimension check Page | 12 of 34 Item 7c HUMAN RESOURCES CURRENT OPEN RECRUITMENTS: . Engineer-Conductor . Signal Technician . Signal Supervisor . Safety and Compliance Officer . Vehicle Maintenance Technician . Vehicle Maintenance Supervisor . Code Compliance Officer MISCELLANEOUS: . SMART has successfully negotiated two of its three union contracts. Union negotiations are on-going with the Teamsters. Page | 13 of 34 Item 7c REAL ESTATE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS Staff is working with the developers and monitoring the due diligence activities of current real estate transactions that are in escrow – Downtown Petaluma Station property, Downtown Santa Rosa Station property, and Victory Station in Sonoma. Larkspur Extension Project – SMART and Golden Gate Bridge and Highway Transportation District (GGB) have entered into a purchase and sale agreement for a small portion of property at the Bettini Transit Center in downtown San Rafael. GGB board approved the sale at the October 27, 2017 board meeting. Staff is working to close the transaction by the end of the year. SMART and Golden Gate Bridge and Highway Transportation District have entered into a purchase and sale agreement for property north of the Calpark Tunnel. GGB board approved the sale at the October 27, 2017 board meeting. Staff is working to close the transaction by the end of the year. A no cost license agreement with the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway Transportation District for access to the new Larkspur Station has been agreed to by staff and approved by their board. Staff has sent a request to the City of San Rafael to immediately transfer two small parcels of land to SMART which are needed as part of the land exchange per the June 2017 Memorandum of Understanding between SMART and the City of San Rafael. The property is needed for the realignment of Francisco Boulevard West and new alignment of the tracks. Staff is continuing to work on the remaining properties that will be in the Land Exchange Agreement with the City of San Rafael. Staff is continuing to work with a private property owner who was given an offer to purchase their property in September. Staff will continue to work toward the completion of the acquisitions. Staff is continuing to work on legal descriptions and maps for the offer. Staff has completed the purchase of property from a private property owner and is working to record the transaction with the Marin County Recorder’s office. Staff is continuing weekly coordination meetings with Pacific Gas & Electric Company and American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) for all their utility work that is a part of the project. Staff is continuing to determine the property rights of the utility companies and the new location of the utilities. Pathway - Coordinating with the local municipalities regarding securing any necessary land rights to accommodate the construction of the pathways and interim access and laydown area needs. Page | 14 of 34 Item 7c Received Requests for: San Rafael High School Parade – October 27th – Staff worked with the parade organizers. Parade organizers changed the terminus of the parade, so no Special Event Permit was issued. Right of Entry Permits Issued: PG&E – Replacement of poles and installation of new electrical lines across the tracks – Rohnert Park. Clipper Card – Permission given for passenger interviews to be conducted at the platforms during the month of October. Private Property Owner in San Rafael – Permit issued for graffiti removal from his property. Guide Dogs for the Blind – Installation of new fencing on property line. PG&E – Extension of time for existing permit for work near Smith Ranch Road. Staff is continuing working on issuing Right of Entry Permits/License with: COMCAST – Fiber Optic installation verifications in 7 locations. Agreements to be revised. Marin County Flood Control/City of San Rafael – Clearing of vegetation – Drainage Channel PG&E – overhead line replacements PG&E – Vegetation trimming/removal On-Going Property Management Activities: Working on access protocols with Sonoma County Water Agency. Staff is continuing to work with Pacific Gas & Electric Company to refine access issues. Refinement of maintenance and insurance issues. Research of title issues regarding property rights. Consulting with Engineering on costs. Consulting with Permitting Agencies on mitigation issues. Continue to handle property management issues from adjacent landowners. Continue to support construction by doing property research for discovered property issues. Research on title issues to clarify property ownerships. Continue working with property owners to remove encroachments. Continue to define property ownership issues. Title reports ordered and being reviewed. Meetings held with private property owners Page | 15 of 34 Item 7c SAFETY AND SECURITY Chief Welch met with Novato Police Department to discuss responses to incidents on trains. The staff were provided with guide books and reference guides to aid in their response to incidents involving the train within their jurisdiction. Over the last month there have been many conference calls provided by the Transportation Security Administration after major incidents. These calls not only provided accurate accounts of the incident (London bucket bomb on train) but the implications these incidents have on the transit environment. All public safety staff attended an 8-hour CPR/First Aid/AED training and are current for two years. SMART safety and operations staff attended a three-day workshop in Oakland regarding American with Disabilities Act best practices in the transit environment. Chief Welch received training and tested with Operations staff, the emergency platform phones. The training was primarily on utilizing the TTY (keypad) function. Chief Welch attended a Cybersecurity Training along with SMART Information Technology staff. This class was hosted by Transportation Security Administration and focused on the importance of having solid cyber protections to prevent outside attacks. Chief Welch attended a meeting hosted at the FBI offices in Oakland. The meeting was specific for the rail operators in the greater Bay Area and was focused on current threats and trends industry wide. Many staff worked quickly to get SMART’s notification system live for messaging. The Nixle system is well known across many agencies for public notification use. Chief Welch attended a three-day Women Leaders in Law Enforcement Symposium.
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